The history of foot bath has thousands of years, the earliest documented record is the Jin Dynasty "Elbow after the preparation of the emergency prescription", so far there have been more than a thousand years of history.
Footbath is the key to health, can remove the human blood garbage and lesion sediment, play a role in the body's cleaning, but also to resist various diseases. Foot soaking is a good aid to the treatment of many diseases. People often say a sentence: "rich people eat tonic, poor people bubble feet". It can be seen that the role of foot soaking is great.
Functional effect
Feet are also known as the human body's second heart, this is because scientific research has proved that: the existence of human feet with the internal organs and organs corresponding to the reflex zones, and distribution of meridians, when using warm water to soak your feet, you can stimulate these reflex zones, promote blood circulation in the human body, regulating the endocrine system, and enhance the function of the human body organs, and achieve the effect of preventing and curing health care. At the same time, thermal stimulation will make the foot microcirculation accelerate, pores open, on this basis combined with magnetic therapy magnetic line is easy to penetrate, the role of the feet of the important acupuncture points and organs projected area, so that the effect of foot soak to cure the disease increased several times. Of course this combination of the two to be much better than a single hot water foot soak, with the rapid development of magnetic therapy, magnetic therapy has been widely used in the medical field in various departments, for the application of foot soaking,
Benefits of hot water foot soak
(1) Promote blood circulation. Feet have been said to be the second heart of the human body since ancient times. From the health theory, the foot is the furthest away from the human heart, and the heaviest burden, therefore, this place is most likely to lead to poor blood circulation, medical textbook records: "people have feet, as if the tree has a root, tree dry root first exhaustion, people old feet first decline." Especially for those who often feel cold hands and feet, hot water foot soak is an excellent method.
(2) Stimulate acupoints, reflex zones and meridians in the feet. From the medical theory, the feet of the body's internal organs and organs of the reflex zones and points, as well as meridians, many people have done foot therapy, massage therapist point pressure on our feet, will feel pain, soreness, this situation basically shows that our corresponding reflex zones internal organs have problems. Therefore, when we do foot massage, will feel relaxed. At the same time, the human foot has six major meridians, including three Yang meridians (bladder meridian, stomach meridian, gallbladder meridian) termination point, and three Yin meridians (spleen meridian, liver meridian, kidney meridian) starting point, are in the foot, so hot water soak feet is also equal to the stimulation of the six most important meridians.
(3) For the treatment of many diseases, there is a good auxiliary effect. People often say a saying that "rich people eat tonic, poor people bubble feet", visible Chinese medicine foot soak is very useful. Especially in modern society, the massive use of air conditioning, coupled with people generally love to eat cold food, so the body more cold and damp, through the traditional Chinese medicine foot bath, can accelerate the body of cold.
Basic principle
Soaking feet
When soaking feet in hot water, we will find that the blood vessels on the feet will expand and the epidermis of the feet will turn red, this is because hot water soaking feet accelerates the circulation of blood flow in the feet, so that more blood flows to the peripheral blood vessels in the lower limbs, and makes the brain blood flow relatively less, which makes a person feel drowsy[3] .
At the same time, due to the countless nerve endings on the feet and the brain are closely linked, hot water foot soak on the feet of the peripheral nerves of the warm stimulation of the role of the cerebral cortex can be inhibitory, so that people feel comfortable and relaxed brain to speed up the sleep, so that sleep deepens.
Seasonal foot bath
"Spring foot bath, rising sun solid off; summer foot bath, remove dampness in addition to summer; fall foot bath, moistening the lungs moistening intestines; winter foot bath, Dantian warm burning."
Summer foot baths are beneficial, and there is a basis. Summer dampness is just order, dampness stagnation in the spleen and stomach, there will be no appetite, love sleepy, no spirit, easy to irritability and other manifestations, summer foot bath, is to help get rid of summer dampness, prevention of heat stroke, so that people's spirits, improve appetite, promote sleep. Because the foot is second only to the heart of the important parts of the distribution of a large number of capillaries, at this time with warm water soaking feet can better stimulate the meridians, invigorate the body's visceral functions.
Commonly used methods
Necessary conditions
First, to adjust the temperature of the foot soaking water.
Generally speaking, the temperature of the foot soaking water is 38 to 43 degrees, but it is best not to exceed 45 degrees.
Second, to choose the right foot soaking container.
Since it is a foot bath, it should reflect a "bubble" word." The "bubble" is reflected here, the water should be more, the heat should be enough, the time should be long. Can not just take a pot to put some water on the line. That is not to play a role in health, at most it is a foot wash, not a foot bath.
Requirements for foot soaking containers:
1, the texture should be harmless, safe, good heat preservation.
2, the height of the general foot soaking basin is best more than 20 centimeters [not over the ankle].
3, structure can buy some microcomputer foot bath.
So choose a correct foot soaking basin can often achieve twice the result with half the effort. Solve the existing foot soaking basin structure is complex, high cost, plus traditional Chinese medicine foot powder can be achieved health care and cure the purpose
The right choice is to buy a deeper barrel, to be able to put the calf the whole kind of put in. Why choose a wooden barrel? For one thing, it's easier to keep warm, and secondly, it's close to nature.
Third, to choose the heating equipment.
The market sells this kind of foot bucket, no heating equipment, so that we are in the foot soak, sometimes feel the water is cold, had to add hot water, so before the foot soak we can prepare more hot water bottles, filled with hot water standby.
Fourth, how to confirm the effect of foot soaking.
How is a good foot soak? That is to soak until your back feels a little damp, or forehead sweating, even if it is good. Note, never sweat. Because sweat is the liquid of the heart. Too much sweat will be sad. As long as a light sweat is OK, it means that your meridians are connected up and down. This is also a way to prove whether your meridians are through.
Basic Methods
Hot Water Foot Soak
That is, a single foot soak in hot water, without adding any additional items, and the equipment used is no different from any other foot soak. A single hot water foot soak, as can accelerate blood circulation, through the blood, detoxification, improve the body's metabolism, also has a very good health care; of course, if the body has a disease, then a single hot water foot soak on the treatment of the disease is not much effect. To pay attention to the hot water foot soak do not soak to sweat, because the body loses too much water easily false, soak to the back of the slightly sweaty forehead can be slightly sweaty.
Chinese medicine foot
Chinese medicine foot is divided into two cases:
① Directly after the Chinese medicine boiled used to soak feet.
That is, with the boiled Chinese medicine water to soak your feet, soak your feet in the ordinary way of soaking your feet is almost the same, but because of the Chinese medicine soak your feet are optional prescription to soak your feet for a number of diseases, so it is best to consult a Chinese medicine practitioner, so that the Chinese medicine practitioner to help mix a good prescription, so that you can target the treatment of a number of diseases.
②The use of Chinese medicine foot soak tablets to soak feet.
In fact, the use of Chinese medicine foot soak tablets to soak feet in direct pot of Chinese medicine to soak feet is almost the same effect, but the Chinese medicine foot soak tablets are very convenient to use, only need to be put into hot water to dissolve can be.
Main effects
Sleep
Sleep trouble is a very painful thing, not only the daytime lethargy, but also lead to a decline in health, recommend a way to soak the feet, help improve the quality of sleep.
Adding pebbles to the foot grinding can improve the effect of foot bath, promote the body's veins and channels coherent, to achieve the transportation of the heart and kidneys, liver and qi, spleen, qi, tranquility and tranquility of the efficacy of the heart to better improve sleep. Add pebbles in the foot bath, can play a role similar to acupuncture
Before going to bed to soak your feet, we all know, but if you add pebbles in the hot water in the foot bath, hot feet at the same time with pebbles grinding feet, can play a role similar to the effect of acupuncture, can be a good way to promote sleep, I'm afraid that you don't know it.
Foot bath and acupuncture points
Hot water foot bath, as with moxa "moxibustion" on the feet of the acupoints, and in the soaking tub to add cobblestones, the uneven surface of the stone can be stimulated on the soles of the feet of the acupoints (Yongquan, Ranggu, Taixi, etc.) or plantar reaction zone, play a similar role in plantar massage and acupuncture acupuncture points to improve the effectiveness of foot bath, so, the foot bath is a good way to promote sleep, I am afraid you do not know. Improve the effect of foot bath, so, in a way, adding pebbles in the footbath, can play a "needle" and "moxibustion" double effect in one role, compared to simply using hot water to soak the feet effect is much better.
Soak feet with pebbles and no special requirements, choose smooth, similar size is good. Building materials and decoration market can be bought.
In addition, the water used to soak the feet should be maintained at about 45 ℃, the depth of the water should be at least more than the ankle joints, the foot in the pebbles on the equalization of the tread, soak for about 20 to 30 minutes is appropriate. Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease and diabetes, as well as the elderly, with hot water foot soak, pay special attention to the control of water temperature and time, if there is dizziness, headache, fatigue, panic and other conditions, should temporarily stop soaking feet, immediately lie down on the bed to rest.
People with decreased skin sensation in their feet should pay attention to the strength and water temperature when using pebbles to rub their feet, so as not to rub or burn the skin. Feet have injuries (including joint swelling, strains, sprains, etc.), inflammation has not yet healed people, should not be pebbles hot water foot soak.
Soak feet and disease
Winter many people will feel cold hands and feet, in fact, is the relationship between blood circulation is not smooth, with hot water foot soak can be achieved to promote the effect of blood circulation, can relieve fatigue, improve sleep, and it is no wonder that the hot water soak feet into the folk continuation of family health care way to this day. In addition, in Chinese medicine theory, foot soaking is also beneficial to other systemic diseases, such as rheumatism, arthritis, colds and other common diseases, as long as you insist on soaking your feet every day, you can play a role in slowing down the symptoms of health care.
As the saying goes: "Nurture trees need to protect the roots, feed people need to protect the feet", feet is the human body's "second heart", to protect it to pay attention to science. Soak your feet in hot water, not only can promote blood circulation in the feet, reduce local muscle tension, but also to eliminate fatigue, improve sleep. Chinese medicine believes that the foot is the foot of the three yin meridians, the foot of the three sun meridians start and stop, and the whole body of all organs and meridians have a close relationship with hot water soaking feet, can play a role in adjusting the function of the internal organs and enhance the role of physical fitness. For healthy people, generally with water or with salt water, vinegar water foot soak can be, not only simple and also convenient more mainly is not costly.
China has an old saying: "Chinese medicine wash feet, better than eating tonic." Every day if you soak your feet for 15 minutes can play a health role, such as feet immersed in hot water at about 40 degrees Celsius, about 15 to 20 minutes after the headache will be significantly relieved. This is because the feet blood vessel expansion, blood flow from the head to the feet, can relatively reduce the brain congestion, thereby relieving headaches. For headaches caused by colds and fevers, hot water foot soaking also helps to reduce fever. If in the foot soak at the same time can constantly hand massage Yongquan point and press the back of the big toe outside the back of the foot Taichong point, but also help to reduce blood pressure. And, often adhere to the application of traditional Chinese medicine foot soak foot therapy is very wide, rheumatism, spleen and stomach disease, insomnia, headache, colds and other systemic diseases, paraplegia, traumatic brain injury, stroke, lumbar intervertebral disc herniation, kidney disease, diabetes and other serious diseases, serious illnesses after rehabilitation treatment and so on are included. Therefore, adhere to the science of podiatry, especially for the relief of modern urban population prone to various occupational diseases, often can receive twice the result with half the effort.
Formulation and efficacy
1, tinea pedis, itchy feet, sweaty feet, smelly feet
Formulation: cypress, calcined keel, alum, acacia flowers, five times, tulip, cloves, bitter ginseng, rhubarb, groundnut, ground elm.
Effects: Clearing heat and removing toxins, astringent and removing dampness, applicable to itching and odor caused by tinea pedis and sweaty feet, killing insects and stopping itching.
2, middle-aged and elderly back and leg pain
Formula: Fangfeng, golden hair dog spine, Dan Shen, Astragalus, Angelica.
Effects: Benefit the liver and kidney, replenish qi and blood, dispel wind-dampness, and open the meridians, suitable for middle-aged and elderly people with deficiency of the liver and kidney, insufficient qi and blood, and lumbar and leg pain.
3, gynecological nourishing blood and nourishing Yin
Formulation: Salvia miltiorrhiza, fried jujube kernel, fried malt, fried gluten buds, ripened rhubarb, whole Angelica Sinensis, mountain jujube, Yuanzhi, schizandra, appendiciae, white peony, goji berry, seeds of cuscuta.
Effects: Nourishing blood and nourishing yin, tonifying the liver and kidney, suitable for weak body and thinness, blood deficiency and infertility.
4, dredge the liver and regulate qi, harmonize the stomach and strengthen the spleen
Formulation: Angelica sinensis, tangerine peel, green peels, sand nuts, red currant, cloves, malt, hedgehogs, gardenia, thick park, patchouli, woodruff.
Effects: For middle-aged and old people with indigestion, distention and pain in the abdomen and ribs, and loose stools due to liver depression and stagnation of qi, spleen and stomach disharmony.
5. Relieve Stress and Fatigue
Formulation: Cinnamon, Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng, Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng, Rhizoma Ligustici, Radix Polygoni Multiflori, Rhizoma Polygoni Multiflori, Rhizoma Polygoni Multiflori, Rhizoma Cuscutae.
Effects: Dispelling wind-dampness, tonifying the liver and kidney, and strengthening the muscles and bones. Suitable for use after strenuous exercise, long hours of work or physical labor, lack of sleep, stressful thoughts. Poor concentration, general fatigue and weakness muscle pain, no appetite and other chronic fatigue syndrome.
6, nourishing yin and yang to prolong life
Formulation: leek, Morinda citrifolia, Cortex eucommiae, Codonopsis pilosulae, Astragalus membranaceus, Fructus Lycii, bullwhip, Cistanches, ripened rhizome, Cuscuta chinensis, ginger.
Effects: Warming the kidneys and tonifying yang, strengthening essence and yang. Suitable for lumbago, shin weakness, premature ejaculation and impotence caused by kidney yang deficiency.
7, chronic bronchitis
Main symptoms: repeated chronic cough, sputum, accompanied by asthma. And early cough aggravation, sputum more white, thin or sticky sputum.
Formulation: loquat leaf, mulberry white bark, zhebeimu, Chenpi, half-summer, fritillaria, tangerine root, Suzi.
Effects: the main treatment of chronic bronchitis
8, insomnia
The main symptoms: can not sleep normally or difficult to sleep after waking up. Common dizziness, heartache, palpitations, forgetfulness, fatigue, and restlessness.
Formulation: Astragalus, Atractylodes Macrocephala, Pei Pi, Codonopsis Pilosulae, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae, Ascorbic Acid, Radix Achyranthes Bidentatae, Radix Achyranthes Bidentatae.
Effects: Tonifying the middle Jiao and benefiting the vital energy, dredging the liver and relieving depression. Mainly used in treating insomnia.
9, chronic gastric disease
Main symptoms: chronic gastric disease generally includes chronic gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcer and gastric neurosis. The main symptoms of chronic gastritis are epigastric pain, irregularity is not obvious, epigastric discomfort after eating, belching, nausea and so on. Gastric ulcers are mostly painful 2 hours after eating. Duodenal gastric ulcer is mostly painful at night and relieved after eating. Gastric neurosis is a kind of gastric neurofunctional disease, with stomach spasm pain suddenly and intensely as the main symptom.
Recipe: patchouli, pellitory, eggshell, angelica, tangerine peel, red currant, sand nut, clove.
Effects: Relieving liver and qi, harmonizing the stomach and relieving pain, promoting stagnation and resolving dampness. It is used to treat indigestion, stomach distension and pain caused by spleen and stomach disharmony. Also suitable for chronic gastritis.
10, hyperlipidemia
Recipe: golden cherry, cassia seeds, the preparation of Shouwu, raw Job's tears, Inchcape, Zedoary, raw hawthorn, Chaihu, Yu Jin, wine rhubarb.
Effects: Nourishing Yin and lowering fire, promoting stagnation and opening the veins. Mainly used in treating hyperlipidemia.
11, hypertension
Clearing heat and benefiting qi, calming the liver and submerging the yang, nourishing the liver and kidney, lowering blood pressure and extinguishing the wind
Functions: nourishing the liver and tonifying the kidney, lowering blood pressure and extinguishing the wind. Indications: Dizziness and headache caused by primary hypertension, irritability, lumbar and knee pain.
Formulation: Rhizoma Asphodeloides, Rhizoma Asphodeloides, Tsukahidu Hederacanthus, Morus Alba, Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Radix Paeoniae Alba, and Hambu.
12, diabetes
Warming Yang and blood, activating blood circulation, clearing heat and removing toxins, expelling wind and removing dampness
Function: Warming Yang, activating blood circulation, removing blood stasis, releasing heat, relieving pain and promoting growth of muscles. Suitable for diabetic symptoms.
Formulation: Gui Zhi, Sheng Fu Zi, Dan Shen, Lonicera japonica, Sheng Huang Qi, Boswellia serrata, Myrrh.
13, obesity
Dissipating water and swelling, clearing heat and removing dampness, lowering fat and weight loss, prolonging life
Function: diuresis, swelling, lowering fat and weight loss, the main treatment of simple obesity, hyperlipidemia, arteriosclerosis.
Formulation: yellow essence, dry ginger, cinnamon, winter melon skin, Pu Wu, Sophora japonica.
14, rheumatic arthritis
Warming Yang disperses cold, dispelling wind and promoting blood circulation, relieving pain, strengthening the tendons and bones
Warming Yang disperses cold, dispelling wind and promoting blood circulation, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, for rheumatic lumbar and leg pain
Functions: dispelling wind and dispersing cold, promoting blood circulation and promoting blood circulation, removing dampness and relieving pain, for the tendon and bone pain caused by wind-cold invasion and the pain and swelling of the soft tissues after injury, chronic lumbar pain.
Formulation: bitter ginseng, atractylodes macrocephala, Sichuan peppercorns, cypress, windbreak, thorns, licorice, angelica sinensis, mudanpi.
15, menopausal syndrome
Nourishing the liver and kidney, calming the liver and lowering the fire, nourishing the yin and submerging the yang, nourishing the blood and tranquilizing the mind
Nourishing the liver and kidney, calming the liver and lowering the fire. Mainly used in treating menopausal syndrome.
Functions: Clearing the heart, calming the liver, and treating menopausal syndrome; baking heat and sweating, irritability, dry mouth, insomnia, palpitations and panic.
Formulation: Rhizoma Coptidis, Zao Ren, Ophiopogon, Paeonia lactiflora, Paeonia lactiflora, Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Dragon's Bone.
16, neurasthenia
Nourishing the kidney, nourishing the liver, benefiting the intellect and tranquilizing the mind, sparing the liver and strengthening the spleen, benefiting the qi and tonifying the middle
Strengthening the spleen and nourishing the heart, benefiting the intellect and tranquilizing the mind. It is suitable for insomnia caused by neurasthenia, dreamy, forgetfulness, fatigue and weakness.
Functions: Strengthening the spleen, nourishing the heart, benefiting the intellect and tranquilizing the mind. Suitable for insomnia caused by neurasthenia, excessive dreams, forgetfulness, fatigue and weakness, as well as cerebral hypofunction and other symptoms.
17, magical ginger therapy
Recipe: dry ginger, wild chrysanthemum, Cangzhu, mugwort, angelica, Chuanxiong, cloves, Cangzhi, mint.
Effects: dispel wind and cold, activate the veins, warm and disperse cold, benefit the blood, such as frostbite, poor circulation caused by cold limbs have special effects.
Precautions
When soaking your feet, you should pay attention to the following issues.
1, the time can not be too long, it is best to control in 15 - 20 minutes. Too long, the feet of the local blood circulation for a long time too fast, the body will also be more blood flow to the lower limbs, will cause cardiovascular overload. And the winter climate is already dry, the skin in the hot water soaking time is too long, but also lead to too dry skin, prone to itchy skin, so no matter what age group of people soak their feet, after the end of the best use of certain moisturizing products, so that the skin to maintain a certain amount of moisture.
2, the water temperature can not be too high. Many people feel that as long as their tolerance, the water temperature is naturally the higher the better, in fact, it is not. Soak your feet in the best water temperature below 50 ℃, the requirements of hot and not hot, feel the water temperature do not use your hands to measure, the best is to use your feet to feel. If the water temperature is too high, the feet of the blood vessels are prone to overexpansion, the body's blood flow to the lower extremities, but easy to cause the heart, brain, kidneys and other vital organs of the blood supply is insufficient, is not good for the body.
3, half an hour after the meal should not soak feet, it will affect the supply of blood to the stomach, long-term will make people malnutrition.
4, foot bath can not sleep immediately after. Rub the soles of your feet while they are hot, wear socks in time to keep warm, and then go to sleep after the heat of the whole body slowly decreases.
5, foot bath is best to use a deeper, bottom area of the wooden barrel or enamel basin, can let the feet comfortably flat into, and it is best to let the water has been soaked to the calf. Water temperature at about 40 degrees Celsius is more appropriate, to add hot water at any time to maintain this temperature evenly.
The water should be somewhat hot, at 40 to 50 degrees Celsius. To the extent that the feet can tolerate, in order to play a role in stimulating acupuncture points, healing, nourishing and strengthening the body.
The amount of water should not be too little, and should generally be submerged over the ankle joint. Each immersion time to 5~10 minutes is appropriate.
Do not read books, watch TV when soaking feet, so easy to achieve the effect of "fire return to the source".
If the foot soaking bucket is not clean or the wall of the bucket is not antibacterial treatment, the foot bacteria will be easy to remain in the wall of the bucket, resulting in repeated infections of the feet, so it is very important to choose a good foot soaking bucket.
In addition, soak your feet in the water, such as the appropriate addition of some drugs, the effect is better, the following are several commonly used drugs and their role.
Cephalotaxus leaves l handle, water decoction, external wash can cure foot odor. [4]
11. rhubarb, Huang Huanglian, Scutellaria baicalensis, cypress, wild chrysanthemum 15 grams each, decocted with water to take the juice, soak your feet can cure spring and summer boils.
Old stork boiled in water and soaked feet, can treat numbness and spasm of the knee and ankle joints.
White fruit tree leaves decoction water foot wash, can prevent and control pediatric diarrhea.
Frequent use of celery leaves decoction water soak feet, hypertension and coronary heart disease patients beneficial.
Ginger boiling water to soak feet, can treat cold and nasal congestion.
Safe foot soaking has taboos
First, foot soaking time should not be too long, to 15-30 minutes is appropriate. The blood will flow to the lower limbs when soaking feet, the brain is easy to insufficient blood supply. Cardiovascular disease patients, the elderly if you feel chest tightness, dizziness, should temporarily stop soaking feet, take a break. Diabetic patients with poor peripheral sensory ability, should be the first family members to test the water temperature, to prevent scalding.
Second, half an hour after the meal should not soak feet, it will affect the supply of blood to the stomach, long-term will make people malnutrition. After eating, most of the body's blood flow to the digestive tract, if the meal immediately after the hot water soaking feet, the blood flow to the digestive system to the lower extremities, the long term will affect the digestion and absorption and lead to nutritional deficiencies. Therefore, it is best to soak your feet half an hour after meals.
Thirdly, the best way to soak your feet in Chinese medicine is to use a wooden basin. Copper pots and other metal pots in the chemical composition is not stable, easy to react with the tannins in the Chinese medicine, generate tannins and other harmful substances, so that the efficacy of the drug greatly reduced.
Fourth, children should not use too hot water for a long time soaking feet. Because the arch of the foot is formed from childhood, so we have to pay attention to the protection from childhood. If you often use hot water to wash children's feet, the ligaments at the bottom of the foot will become loose, which is not conducive to the formation and maintenance of the arch of the foot, and easy to form flat feet.
Fifth, the female menstruation don't use their own Chinese medicine foot. The problems that occur during a woman's period are complex, and if you can't identify the cause of the problem with herbal foot baths, not only will it not play a soothing role, but it may also aggravate symptoms such as menstrual cramps. Therefore, if women wish to use herbal foot baths to treat menstrual health problems such as menstrual cramps, it is best to consult a doctor and use the right medication according to your own situation.
Elderly
For one thing, the skin is one of the organs of the human body, with barrier and absorption, secretion and excretion, thermoregulation, sensation, respiration and other roles. As it is capable of absorbing the drug itself, it is more conducive to the effect of the drug in the human body if it is used with the help of hot water.
Second, the foot is one of the human body meridian convergence. The body's 12 main meridians in the foot of the three yang meridians terminated in the foot, the foot of the three yin meridians began in the foot, distributed in the foot of the meridian points up to more than 60. Through the Chinese medicine soak, stimulate these points, you can regulate the meridians, dredge the blood, adjust the function of internal organs, thus playing a role in preventing and curing diseases. Therefore, it is said that "daily foot soak, equal to the medicine".
Generally speaking, the elderly with chronic diseases are more suitable for the use of traditional Chinese medicine foot bath. Such as hypertension, headache, chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, post-stroke, chronic prostatitis, chronic vasculitis, menopausal syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic enteritis, neurosis, chafing, chafing and other disease symptoms can be relieved by this way of footbath.
When soaking feet, you can add some Chinese medicinal preparations, such as containing red pine extract, bitter ginseng, schizandra, ginger, ginseng, Astragalus, Salvia divinorum, Bacopa monnieri, serpentine seed, safflower, mint and other pure Chinese medicine products. It is effective in getting rid of foot odor, improving sleep, rheumatism and joint pain, improving fatigue, improving blood circulation, dizziness, palpitations and insomnia, dry eyes, weak waist and knees, constipation.
If you often experience headache and dizziness due to high blood pressure, you can add Xia Gu Cao, Mulberry Leaf, Chrysanthemum, Hook Tree, etc.; if you suffer from cold pain in the waist and legs, you can add Wei Ling Xian, Angelica Sinensis, Cinnamon Branches, Chuan Xiong Ligustici, etc.; if you suffer from frozen sores, you can add Angelica Sinensis, Cinnamon Branches, Ginger and Ephedra, etc.; and if you suffer from chaps, you can add Bletilla, Licorice, Dicotyledonous Pi, Liu Shun Wu, etc.
The Chinese medicine foot bath is good, but there are a few points must be noted.
1. Drugs need to be decocted, add hot water, in order to prevent scalding of the skin, the temperature should be 42-45 degrees Celsius, time to half an hour is appropriate.
2. In order to maintain a constant temperature of the water, it is advisable to use a wooden bucket. The chemical composition in the metal basin is not stable, therefore, it is not recommended.
3. Footbath should not be immediately after meals, easy to affect digestion.
4. Allergic to drugs should not.
5. There is ringworm of the foot is appropriate to use a separate bath.
6. Chinese medicine foot bath absorbed by the skin of the drug after all, limited, and slow absorption, can only be used for the adjuvant treatment of disease, the condition of the heavy must go to the hospital, so as not to delay the condition.
Benefits
One, promote blood circulation. Herbal foot soak is an excellent method.
Two, stimulate the acupoints, reflex zones and meridians of the feet. Soaking the feet is also equal to stimulating the six most important meridians.
Principle of health care
The meridian theory of the motherland medicine believes that the five viscera and six bowels from the foot of the three Yin meridians (spleen, liver, kidney), there are 66 acupuncture points below the ankle. In the view of Chinese medicine, hot water foot soak as moxa moxibustion of these points, there is to promote blood movement, warming the internal organs, fitness and prevention of disease efficacy. Modern medical determination, the temperature of human feet to maintain the most comfortable at 28 to 33 ℃. Elderly people with arteriosclerosis, the supply of blood to the feet to reduce the amount of cold than young people, cold feet cold, will make the body resistance to decline, suffer from disease. Therefore, often keep your feet warm, every night with hot water soaking feet, can make the whole body blood circulation, conducive to physical and mental health.
Scientific basis for foot health from the following four principles:
(1) holographic principle: biological holography theory states that: in the human body's feet are objectively exists in the body's organs and organs of the internal organs corresponding to the region, that is, the reflex zone. Through the stimulation of these reflex zones can regulate the physiological function of the body's internal organs, so as to achieve the purpose of treatment of diseases and self-care. The feet have 62 basic reflex zones, like a microcosm of the human body, it is always concerned about the health of the human body. Regularly through the herbal foot bath to stimulate the reflex zones, can improve drug absorption, accelerate drug delivery, in the reflex zone stimulation induction and the dual role of drugs, prompting the whole body blood flow, regulate the function of various tissues and organs, improve the pathological changes in internal organs and organs, improve the body's immunity.
(2) the principle of meridians: as early as thousands of years ago, the "Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine" recorded: Yin pulse set in the foot, and gathered in the heart of the foot. The so-called meridian line, all three meridians start in the foot. The foot is the starting point of the three yin meridians, the end point of the three yang meridians, the six meridians of the foot, wells, Xing, Yu, the original points are located in the foot. In these meridians on the double foot **** there are 66 points, these points are very sensitive to a variety of stimuli, points and organs of the body are closely linked to the herbal foot bath can play a role in promoting the operation of qi and blood, warming the role of the internal organs, so as to achieve the effect of internal disease outside the treatment of diseases under the treatment.
(3) Circulation principle: as we all know, our lower limbs are the furthest away from the heart, the blood circulation is not very good, and the blood circulation of the internal organs is mostly small blood vessels, so the blood reflux is even worse. The use of herbal foot bath, on the one hand, due to the warmth effect, the role of drugs can accelerate blood circulation in the lower limbs and internal organs of the blood also joined to the body circulation, so that the body of toxins and wastes through the metabolism of the role of the body out of the body. On the other hand, the foot capillaries and peripheral nerves are very rich, through the stimulation of these points to expand the foot blood vessels, accelerate blood circulation, enhance the degree of nerve sensitivity to promote the entry of drug ions, so that the drug can be quickly through the meridian conduction of the whole body, combined with the stimulation of foot reflex zones **** with the regulation of internal organs and functions, so as to play a therapeutic and health care role.
(4) physical principle: in the herbal foot bath process, through the role of heat, water pressure, drug ion movement and other physical factors **** with the role of stimulating the foot, in order to stimulate the body's own regulatory role, promote the body to produce resistance, enhance the body's immune function, thereby inhibiting or reducing the release of biologically active substances to regulate the metabolism of the internal organs and prevention of disease and treatment of disease efficacy. At the same time, under the action of bio-negative ion energy, the pituitary gland nerve cells, brain glands and lymphocytes are activated to the maximum extent possible, which in turn improves the identification and killing function of antibody substances against germs and viruses, and facilitates the elimination of toxins from the body along with the sweat glands, the urinary system, and other excretory organs.